The road
Cologne to Copenhagen by car
884 km, about 8 h 18 on the fastest road, through Germany and Denmark. Fuel from about €150 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €27 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
884 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
8 h 18
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and Denmark
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 621 km
- 🇩🇰 Denmark · 263 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 944 km, about 9 h 12.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €150 | €27 | €177 | 62 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €143 | €27 | €170 | 57 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €282 | €86 | €368 | 113 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇩🇰 petrol €2.62 · diesel €2.56 /l
Charged on the way
- 🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge — €27.42 (Car under 6 m) · unverified
- 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge — free · unverified
- 🚫 Cologne: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
The same trip another way
Where a sea gives a choice, the road through each gateway, priced the same way for a petrol car. Which one is yours depends on the ferry's fare and your nights, and that is the planner's job.
Through Rødby
737 km, about 7 h 42 — Germany and Denmark.
Petrol car: fuel about €124.
⛴ Rødby–Puttgarden ferry
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
467 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campingplatz Katenkamp · campsite · km 303, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schnelsen-Nord · campsite · km 429, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Silbersee · campsite · km 479, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 754, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nyborg Strandcamping · campsite · km 754, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Rødhøjlund Skov naturlejrplads · campsite · km 777, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Kluterthöhle · attraction · km 63, 4.3 km off the road
- ◆ Archäologisches Museum · museum · km 149, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ 1000-jährige Eiche · attraction · km 276, 2.6 km off the road
- ◆ Eiszeit-Findlingspark · attraction · km 382, 8.2 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Bori · ruins · km 476, 8.3 km off the road
- ◆ Frøslev Camp · museum · km 577, 0.9 km off the road
Frøslev Camp (Danish: Frøslevlejren, German: Polizeigefangenenlager Fröslee) was an internment camp in German-occupied Denmark during World War II. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Hindsgavl Slot · castle · km 676, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Skovsgaard Mølle- og Bagerimuseum · museum · km 793, 8.7 km off the road
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 947 viewpoints — Diederichstempel (km 36), Segelverein „Weser“ (km 311), Aussichtsturm Ketelvierth (km 464), Oxbjerget (km 868)
- 852 swim spots — Aqualand Freizeitbad (km 16), Südbad (km 306), HolstenTherme (km 449), Østerstrand (km 672)
- 486 farm shops — Hofladen Meyerhof Belm (km 202)
- 370 castles — Fort I (km 13), Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Scholastika - Burg Dinklage (km 238), Gut Emkendorf (km 498), Hindsgavl Slot (km 674)
- 203 wineries — Ludwig von Kapff (km 306), Weinladen St. Pauli (km 413)
- 199 golf — Golfclub Bergisch Land (km 51), Sønderjyllands Golfklub (km 590), Kolding Golf Club (km 655), Copenhagen Golf Center (km 864)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.